The Garbage Man’s Son
Ordinariness is a genuine state of authenticity that gives us permission to do or not do anything. By Jo Mooy
droves to see him. But an old woman who used to be his next-door neighbor said, “What’s this? I thought all When Mazu Daoyi, the most influential Zen the commotion was due to the visit of some extraordiMaster of the Chan Dynasty, returned to his ancestral nary person. I see it’s just that little boy who was the home for a short visit, his countrymen turned out in garbage collector’s son.” 32
